Vol. 2023 (2023): Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae
Studies

In search of the Benedictine abbey of Tata: A partially unearthed graveyard in Nagykert Street

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  • Bianka Gina Kovács,
  • Csilla Libor
Bianka Gina Kovács
Eötvös Loránd Kutatási Hálózat
Csilla Libor
Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54640/CAH.2023.215

Published 2023-12-16

Keywords

  • Middle Ages,
  • graveyard cemetery,
  • Árpád Age grave finds,
  • constructed tombs,
  • cists,
  • Benedictine abbey
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How to Cite

Kovács, B. G., & Libor, C. (2023). In search of the Benedictine abbey of Tata: A partially unearthed graveyard in Nagykert Street. Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae, 2023, 215–241. https://doi.org/10.54640/CAH.2023.215

Abstract

Part of a graveyard was discovered under Nagykert Street in Tata during road construction in 1979. Based on the find material, the graveyard was established sometime in the 11th century. Almost a third of the unearthed burials was a constructed tomb, the preference of which was characteristic of the cemeteries of Benedictine abbeys. Albeit the current scientific consensus has settled with the Benedictine abbey of Tata being somewhere in the area of today’s Fürdő Street, the evidence is not conclusive, and the newly discovered graveyard cemetery raises the possibility that the abbey stood in the area of the Nagykert Street instead.

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